Rama p coomaraswamy biography of michaels
| Introduction Traditions and customs are very much necessary for a society to flourish. A Civilization is said to be complete only when it has certain customs and traditions. In 4th millennium BC,there existed Matriarchy among certain communities. When there were no customs and traditions enforced, and family system has no organizational structure. In Ramayana, Sita stepped of Lakshmana's line and was kidnapped by Ravana in the absence of Rama, and in the Holy Bible, Eve brought curse to mankind by listening to Satan in the absence of Adam. Manusmriti 5: 147, 148, 149 says: By a girl, by a young woman, or even by an aged one, nothing must be done independently, even in her own house. In childhood a female must be subject to her father, in youth to her husband, when her lord is dead to her sons; a woman must never be independent. She must not seek to separate herself from her father, husband, or sons; by leaving them she would make both her own and her husband's families contemp |